Drawing triangle/arrow on a line with CGContext

Question

I am using the framework of route-me for working with locations. In this code the path between two markers(points) will be drawn as a line.

My Question: "What code should I add if I want to add an arrow in the middle(or top) of the line, so that it points the direction"

Thanks

- (void)drawInContext:(CGContextRef)theContext
{
    renderedScale = [contents metersPerPixel];

    float scale = 1.0f / [contents metersPerPixel];

    float scaledLineWidth = lineWidth;
    if(!scaleLineWidth) {
        scaledLineWidth *= renderedScale;
    }
    //NSLog(@"line width = %f, content scale = %f", scaledLineWidth, renderedScale);

    CGContextScaleCTM(theContext, scale, scale);

    CGContextBeginPath(theContext);
    CGContextAddPath(theContext, path);

    CGContextSetLineWidth(theContext, scaledLineWidth);
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(theContext, [lineColor CGColor]);
    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(theContext, [fillColor CGColor]);

    // according to Apple's documentation, DrawPath closes the path if it's a filled style, so a call to ClosePath isn't necessary
    CGContextDrawPath(theContext, drawingMode);
}

Answer 1

- (void) drawLine: (CGContextRef) context from: (CGPoint) from to: (CGPoint) to 
{
    double slopy, cosy, siny;
    // Arrow size
    double length = 10.0;  
    double width = 5.0;

    slopy = atan2((from.y - to.y), (from.x - to.x));
    cosy = cos(slopy);
    siny = sin(slopy);

    //draw a line between the 2 endpoint
    CGContextMoveToPoint(context, from.x - length * cosy, from.y - length * siny );
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, to.x + length * cosy, to.y + length * siny);
    //paints a line along the current path
    CGContextStrokePath(context);

    //here is the tough part - actually drawing the arrows
    //a total of 6 lines drawn to make the arrow shape
    CGContextMoveToPoint(context, from.x, from.y);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,
                        from.x + ( - length * cosy - ( width / 2.0 * siny )),
                        from.y + ( - length * siny + ( width / 2.0 * cosy )));
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,
                        from.x + (- length * cosy + ( width / 2.0 * siny )),
                        from.y - (width / 2.0 * cosy + length * siny ) );
    CGContextClosePath(context);
    CGContextStrokePath(context);

    /*/-------------similarly the the other end-------------/*/
    CGContextMoveToPoint(context, to.x, to.y);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,
                        to.x +  (length * cosy - ( width / 2.0 * siny )),
                        to.y +  (length * siny + ( width / 2.0 * cosy )) );
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,
                        to.x +  (length * cosy + width / 2.0 * siny),
                        to.y -  (width / 2.0 * cosy - length * siny) );
    CGContextClosePath(context);
    CGContextStrokePath(context);
}

Answer 2

And here is Swift 4+ version for Friedhelm Brügge answer: (I'll draw it on image)

func drawArrow(image: UIImage, ptSrc: CGPoint, ptDest: CGPoint) {

        // create context with image size
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(image.size)
        let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()

        // draw current image to the context
        image.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: image.size.width, height: image.size.height))

        var slopY: CGFloat, cosY: CGFloat, sinY: CGFloat;
        // Arrow size
        let length: CGFloat = 35.0;
        let width: CGFloat = 35.0;

        slopY = atan2((ptSrc.y - ptDest.y), (ptSrc.x - ptDest.x));
        cosY = cos(slopY);
        sinY = sin(slopY);

        //here is the tough part - actually drawing the arrows
        //a total of 6 lines drawn to make the arrow shape
        context?.setFillColor(UIColor.white.cgColor)
        context?.move(to: CGPoint(x: ptSrc.x, y: ptSrc.y))
        context?.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: ptSrc.x + ( -length * cosY - ( width / 2.0 * sinY )), y: ptSrc.y + ( -length * sinY + ( width / 2.0 * cosY ))))
        context?.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: ptSrc.x + (-length * cosY + ( width / 2.0 * sinY )), y: ptSrc.y - (width / 2.0 * cosY + length * sinY )))
        context?.closePath()
        context?.fillPath()

        context?.move(to: CGPoint(x: ptSrc.x, y: ptSrc.y))
        context?.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: ptDest.x +  (length * cosY - ( width / 2.0 * sinY )), y: ptDest.y +  (length * sinY + ( width / 2.0 * cosY ))))
        context?.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: ptDest.x +  (length * cosY + width / 2.0 * sinY), y: ptDest.y -  (width / 2.0 * cosY - length * sinY)))
        context?.closePath()
        context?.fillPath()

        // draw current context to image view
        imgView.image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()

        //close context
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    }